TY - T1 - “He just doesn’t care” : The Language of Evaluation on Twitter during the 2019 UK General Election SN - / UR - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-202106152711; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/331136 T3 - A1 - Mackay, Claire Louise A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - The language of evaluation enables us to share opinions, cement values, and create interpersonal meaning. It is a fundamental aspect of both social media communication and political discourse. This study uses Martin and White’s (2005) Appraisal Framework to investigate how political actors use evaluation to express emotions and confer judgement in their attempts to increase support on social media. Drawing on a corpus of 1,212 tweets from Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn during the 2019 British G... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Appraisal Framework; Evaluation; Twitter; Political discourse; Brexit; Populism; ei opintosuuntaa; no specialization; ingen studieinriktning; Englannin kielen ja kirjallisuuden maisteriohjelma; Master's Programme in English Studies; Magisterprogrammet i engelska språket och litteraturen N1 - PP - ER -